Collaborative Partnerships
UNCW works collaboratively with community college partners to define needs and deliver professional development for community college professionals aspiring to step into roles as community college leaders.
Together, we seek to offer programs, conferences and events that will help to strengthen higher education in North Carolina. If you are interested in planning an Aspiring Leaders Summit or other professional development for your institution, please contact UNCW 3C Coordinator Denise Henning at henningd@uncw.edu.
UNCW works collaboratively with community college partners in multiple ways. Together, we seek to offer opportunities, programs, conferences, and events that will help to strengthen higher education in North Carolina. Opportunities include (but are not limited to):
- Watson College of Education Transfer Team – including transfer professionals from select NCCCS institutions.
- Step-In
- Meet Us in the Middle: Middle Grades Transfer Information
- Secondary Grades Transfer Information
- Workforce Learning & Talent Development BS program
- Research Collaboration
- Consulting for team building
- Skills & Leadership Development
- Professional Development offered through multiple modalities of delivery at a distance (online and hybrid) and on-site. Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Integrating High Impact Practices
- Staff to administrative transition (Experiential and real administrative scenarios)
- Utilizing data (where to pull it and what to look for)
- Conflict Resolution
- Budgeting
- Importance of Documentation (Students & Staff)
- Mental Wellness and soft skills/Emotional intelligence
- Teaching and learning faculty/classroom skills (age/learning differences)
- FERPA Training
- ADA Accommodation
- Appreciative Inquiry
- Community College Leadership Programs
- Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Community College Leadership
- Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership, specializing in Community College Leadership
- 2026/27 - Aspiring Leader Summits
- South Piedmont Community College, September 24-25, 2026
- Forsyth Tech Community College, November 11-12, 2026
- Alamance Community College, March 4-5, 2027
- 2027 - Challenging the Paradigm Conference - February 11-12, 2027
- Designed to understand trends in the NCCCS system
- Professional Development offered through multiple modalities of delivery at a distance (online and hybrid) and on-site. Topics include, but are not limited to:
If you are interested in planning an Aspiring Leaders' Summit or other professional development for your institution, please contact UNCW/3C Coordinator Denise Henning at henningd@uncw.edu.